Van Tuyl

With Berkshire Hathaway's purchase of the Van Tuyl Automotive dealership group materially complete, Warren Buffett already is looking toward how to expand his company’s dealership holdings....Read More »

Group 1 Automotive board member Beryl Raff has resigned, citing a potential conflict of interest related to her employer, Berkshire Hathaway, and its pending purchase of the Van Tuyl dealership group. Raff gave up her seat on Feb. 20, Group 1 said in an SEC filing....Read More »

When billionaire investor Warren Buffett became the newest entrant in the auto-dealership business last year, Toyota rolled out the red carpet. The world’s largest carmaker welcomed Buffett within weeks after his Berkshire Hathaway agreed to acquire Van Tuyl Group, the largest privately held US auto dealer group....Read More »

When Warren Buffett signed a deal to buy Van Tuyl Group last week through his Berkshire Hathaway Inc. investment company, he clearly signaled that the top four dealership groups are in his sights. With Buffett at its helm, the country's fifth-biggest dealership group is about to get a lot bigger....Read More »

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s purchase of the Van Tuyl Group means he probably won't be going back to Huber Cadillac, the Omaha, Neb., dealership where he bought a new XTS in May....Read More »

The Van Tuyl Group of Phoenix, the nation's fifth-largest dealership group and the largest privately held one, had humble beginnings. Founder Cecil Van Tuyl got his start in the auto industry in the 1940s selling used cars in Kansas City, Mo....Read More »

Billionaire Warren Buffett is paving the way for more outside investors to buy large dealership groups, experts said. Buy-sell advisers say they have seen growing interest from private-equity and outside investors in buying car dealerships, but in recent weeks, the pace of that interest is quickening....Read More »

Warren Buffett's investment is an endorsement of auto retailing and its prospects. And his statement that he's already looking to buy more dealerships will pour fuel on an already blazing buy-sell market....Read More »

As CEO of the future Berkshire Hathaway Automotive, Jeff Rachor is positioned to push the accelerator of growth. It's a role he knows well. Rachor has helped the Van Tuyl Group add a handful of stores annually since becoming COO in 2010....Read More »

Larry Van Tuyl is looking to his father for inspiration on the next phase of his working life. Van Tuyl will become chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Automotive after the sale of his dealership group to Warren Buffett's investment company is complete....Read More »

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy Van Tuyl Group, the largest privately owned auto dealership group in the United States. The business, with 75 dealerships at the end of last year, will be renamed Berkshire Hathaway Automotive....Read More »